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It's time for another Ars giveaway. In our last contest we gave three lucky readers and Premier subscribers some really cool portable charging devices from Energizer. We also sent nearly 60 leather wallets to new Premier subscribers.

Important note: This contest is open to Canadian citizens, but see the rules below. You must still be over 18, and residents of the Canadian province of Québec are excluded. Why not Québec?

Legal stuff

Make sure to read the full contest rules, but here's the quick lowdown: you must be at least 18 years of age and a legal resident of the United States or Canada (excepting Québec) to be eligible to win any of the prizes.

The promotion ends at 11:59 pm CDT (GMT-5) on April 30, 2010. We'll try to have the winners chosen by May 5, 2010.

As someone who took part in the launch of a pan-Canadian contest last year, it was a painful process getting all of the legal ducks in order for multiple jurisdictions (and I was just the webmaster), so I fully understand why nobody wants to do that.

That being said, getting the internal coordination done for our contest was the bigger pain point. It was like herding cats, but far less cute.

My favorite is the ending where you trade shots with Cthulhu and he passes out drunk and you ship him off to a jail cell and you go home (somehow) saved from madness thanks to your iPhone. A suitably ridiculous ending for an excellently ridiculous story.